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the sudden occurrence of an audible event
<noun.event>   freq. cnt.: 11 freq. cnt.: 11

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sample sentences

"the sound awakened them"
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
sound sound sound sound
semantic pointers
hypernym
occurrence, happening, occurrent, natural event
hyponym
bong beat beep, bleep bell, toll buzz, bombilation, bombination click, chink, clink chirp chirrup, twitter chorus click-clack clip-clop, clippety-clop, clop, clopping, clunking, clumping cry ding drip, dripping drum footstep, footfall, step gargle gurgle jingle, jangle knock, knocking murmur, muttering, murmuring, mutter, murmuration, mussitation noise paradiddle, roll, drum roll tap, pat, rap patter peal, pealing, roll, rolling ping plunk popping, pop purr quack quaver ringing, ring, tintinnabulation rub-a-dub, rataplan, drumbeat sigh skirl song strum susurration, susurrus swish tapping throbbing thumping, thud, thump, clump, clunk thrum thunk tick, ticking tinkle, ting toot tootle trampling, trample twang vibrato voice vroom whack whirring, whir, whirr, birr whistling, whistle whiz zing zizz